9049406

Methods, Systems, and Products for Alternate Audio Sources

PublishedJune 2, 2015
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Patent Claims
20 claims

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1. A method, comprising: processing, by a processor, a video signal having video time stamps and a video threshold time; separately receiving, by the processor, an audio source comprising audio time stamps and an audio threshold time; comparing, by the processor, the audio time stamps to the video time stamps; determining, by the processor, a difference in time between one of the audio time stamps and a corresponding one of the video time stamps; and delaying, by the processor, the audio source until the difference in time is within the smaller one of the video threshold time and the audio threshold time.

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2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising querying for alternate audio sources for the video signal.

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3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising selecting the audio source as one of the alternate audio sources.

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4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising receiving a user's selection of the audio source from a listing of the alternate audio sources.

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5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising retrieving the threshold time from the video signal.

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6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising retrieving, from the video signal, an amount of permissible asynchronism between the video signal and the audio source.

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7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising retrieving, from the audio source, an amount of permissible asynchronism between the video signal and the audio source.

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8. A system, comprising: a processor; and a memory storing code that when executed causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising: receiving a video signal having video time stamps and a video threshold time; separately receiving an audio source comprising audio time stamps and an audio threshold time; comparing the audio time stamps to the video time stamps; determining a difference in time between one of the audio time stamps and a corresponding one of the video time stamps; and delaying the audio source until the difference in time is within the smaller one of the video threshold time and the audio threshold time.

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9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise querying for alternate audio sources for the video signal.

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10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise selecting the audio source as one of the alternate audio sources.

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11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving a user's selection of the audio source from a listing of the alternate audio sources.

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12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving the video threshold time from the video signal.

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13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving, from the video signal, an amount of permissible asynchronism between the video signal and the audio source.

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14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving, from the audio source, an amount of permissible asynchronism between the video signal and the audio source.

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15. A memory device storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising: receiving a video signal having video time stamps and a video threshold time; separately receiving an audio source comprising audio time stamps and an audio threshold time; comparing the audio time stamps to the video time stamps; determining a difference in time between one of the audio time stamps and a corresponding one of the video time stamps; and delaying the audio source until the difference in time is within the smaller one of the video threshold time and the audio threshold time.

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16. The memory device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise querying for alternate audio sources for the video signal.

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17. The memory device of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise selecting the audio source as one of the alternate audio sources.

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18. The memory device of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving a user's selection of the audio source from a listing of the alternate audio sources.

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19. The memory device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving the video threshold time from the video signal.

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20. The memory device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving, from the video signal, an amount of permissible asynchronism between the video signal and the audio source.

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Publication Date

June 2, 2015

Inventors

Dennis Meek
Robert A. Koch

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